Sunday, May 9, 2010

grand tour win for Farrar

I began my Mothers Day early by plucking the girls out of bed before they could make much noise, making breakfast, and doing as much as I could to let my wife sleep in and take the day off as much as possible.I peeked at cyclingnews and lo and behold, our guy from Wenatchee, Tyler Farrar, wins the bunch sprint to take stage 2 of the Giro. If you have been paying much attention to his races lately I guess you could figure a grand tour stage win was only a matter of time... (Won the bunch sprint of the Tour of Flanders, beat Cavendish in a head to head sprint at Tirreno-Adriatico last year) but dang. Who would have thought that this guy that showed up to a Seattle cyclocross race in 2008 (in Cofidis kit) would be winning grand tour stages a year and a half later! I think he is 25- how many wins will he rack up by the time he is Chris Horners age? Watch out Cavendish!